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I downgraded to an iPhone 11 Pro Max – and I'm not missing much::When I recently wrote about the iPhone 15 Pro rumors I care about, I mentioned that upgrading to an iPhone...

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[-] mefitis@lemmy.world 113 points 1 year ago

tl; dr: out-of-touch tech journalist realizes living like a normal person who doesn’t buy a new expensive phone every year is possible.

[-] xthexder@l.sw0.com 15 points 1 year ago

I had to check, and my current phone (Gslaxy S10) was released 6 months before the iPhone 11 Pro Max. I have no plans on upgrading any time soon.

[-] rishado@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah I'm on an S8 and it's been feeling like time to upgrade for a whiile now unfortunately. But it's holding up much better than you'd expect.

[-] spitfire@infosec.pub 1 points 1 year ago

Yep. Made a switch to iPhone when the 14 came out. Verizon rep thought my wife and I were retarded for not wanting to pay an extra $500 and ditch the 13. Only time I get a new phone is when it’s destroyed. No need to have the latest and greatest when it’s not doing anything functionally different.

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